Pierce Committee Unit

Notes, correspondence, and meeting minutes for the period 1959-1961 leading to the Report of the Advisory Panel on Radio Telescopes. A copy of the final report as published in Astrophysical Journal, vol. 134, November 1961, is included. The Panel, appointed by the National Science Foundation, was asked to study existing and proposed instruments and radio astronomers' needs, and advise NSF on the desirability and feasibility of constructing more powerful instruments. Bracewell was a member of the Panel chaired by J.R. Pierce. Correspondents include John G. Bolton, Ronald N. Bracewell, William E. Gordon, Geoffrey Keller, R. Minkowski, J.R. Pierce, Grote Reber, Otto Struve, and George W. Swenson, Jr.

Papers of Ronald N. Bracewell

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1959

1961

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